Why I thought they were squid intestines I’ll never know. Actually I think that’s what it said in the menu. I guess it was just tripe, but it was fermented, so, y’know. By the time they arrived I had already drank a pitcher of sake and comforted an old man who felt like the woman behind the bar was pushy. He was in Japan once. First they taught him kindness.
We ate so many dumplings and breaded things! When I discovered the space beneath the table I was relieved, and I remembered that of course there is space there. Eel and sardine and octopus are the fish I remember eating, though there must have been others. Octopus is not really a fish. Other non-fish included scallops, chicken and burdock.
As we left they warned us that it was snowing. A woman suggested that we hold onto the outside of busses and that handles should be installed.
